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Archant in £6.1m mag buy-up

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Regional newspaper publisher Archant has bought six local lifestyle magazines from Highbury House for £6.1m.

The magazines – Southwest, The Hill, The Guide,
Living South, The Green and Northwest – are distributed free to 400,000
upmarket homes in North, West and South London.

The titles will now join the Archant Life group
of county and town-based magazines under MD Johnny Hustler.
The deal also includes three editions of the free advertising title
Property Mart distributed in West Essex, South Essex and East London,
which will join the Archant London stable.

The rest of Highbury House is currently undergoing a sale to Future Publishing following the announcement of a £96.5m deal.

A spokesman said it was expected that the titles’
76 staff would keep their jobs, but it was not known if they would have
to move offices.
He added: “The deal underlines Archant’s commitment to growing its
local community publishing business and to layering local magazines
with newspapers and websites in given areas.”